Loring Woart Bailey , (28 September 1839 – 10 January 1925) was a geologist, botanist and university professor. He was born at West Point, New York , the son of a professor at the academy. He received a good education which was reinforced at home through interaction with his father and other academics. He studied at both Harvard University and Brown University and became a professor of chemistry and natural sciences at the University of New Brunswick .
21-1027: Loring may refer to: People [ edit ] Given name [ edit ] Loring Woart Bailey (1839–1925), American-Canadian geologist, botanist and university professor Loring M. Black Jr. (1886–1956), American lawyer and politician Loring Buzzell (1927–1959), American music publisher Loring Christie (1885–1941), Canadian diplomat Loring Coes (1812–1906), American inventor, industrialist and politician Loring Danforth (born 1949), American professor of anthropology Loring D. Dewey (1791–1867), early 19th-century Presbyterian minister Loring Mandel (1928–2020), American playwright and screenwriter Loring McMillen (1928–1991), American historian Loring Miner (1860–1935), American physician Loring Schuler (1886–1968), American journalist and editor Loring Smith (1890–1981), American actor Loring W. Tu , Taiwanese-American mathematician Surname [ edit ] Loring (surname) , includes
42-582: A 46-year teaching career at the University as well as much notable research in geology and in 1899 William Francis Ganong , a naturalist friend, named a mountain in New Brunswick after him. In retirement, he pursued research in biology with a new enthusiasm and published scientific research on diatoms which was widely regarded. He published over 100 scientific works in his lifetime, a number of which were major works. His grandson Alfred Bailey
63-551: A fictional English market town in the 1870 novel The Vicar of Bullhampton Other uses [ edit ] Charles Loring Highway, part of U.S. Route 1 in Maine HMS ; Loring (K565) , a British frigate in commission in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945 Loring Air Force Base , Limestone, Maine, United States, active from 1953 to 1995 Loring House (disambiguation) , several historic buildings in
84-708: A foremost scholar of the Acadian period. He frequently contributed articles on Samuel de Champlain to publications of the New Brunswick Historical Society, the New Brunswick Magazine and Acadiensis . In addition to document-based research and translation, Ganong prepared maps, took photographs and gave slide presentations. He often collaborated with others. One frequent collaborator was John Clarence Webster , for whom he prepared numerous maps and other contributions. He also took
105-409: A geology teacher from Iowa . They had two children, William Francis Ganong Jr. , a renowned physiologist, and Ann Ganong Seidler , professor of speech theory and children's author. After graduating from Harvard, Ganong was appointed an assistant instructor in botany there. He stayed at Harvard for a few years until May 1894, when he accepted an appointment as Professor of Botany at Smith College. It
126-529: A great interest in the international border between New Brunswick and Maine. Because of this interest and expertise he was asked to take part in the cross-border tercentennial celebrations on the St. Croix River in 1904. In 1918, Ganong completed the translation of Volume III of Champlain's Voyages , part of a major publication of Champlain's writings by the Champlain Society. He was also the first to pose
147-490: A list of people with this surname Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] Loring, Alaska , a census-designated place Loring, Missouri , a ghost town Loring, Montana , an unincorporated town Loring Park , a park located in Minneapolis, Minnesota Elsewhere [ edit ] Port Loring, Ontario , Canada, a community Fictional [ edit ] Loring, Gloucestershire,
168-457: A place of learning for students of botany and horticulture . By authoring several books including The Teaching Botanist , A Laboratory Manual for Plant Physiology , The Living Plant , and A Textbook of Botany for Colleges , Ganong was able to establish and maintain an international reputation in botany. Under his administration, Smith's Botany department reached a peak in student enrollment, size of staff, and number of courses. He ensured that
189-621: A series of six articles in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada between 1911 and 1928. In 1889 he presented a paper on the cartography of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence from the 1530s to 1604. Later, in the 1930s, he published an additional nine articles in the Transactions on what he termed the crucial maps in the early cartography and place-nomenclature of the region. The articles were drawn together and published in book form by
210-779: A strong interest in nature. He also showed a talent for languages. Through his life he would come to have at least a working knowledge of French, German, Maliseet and Mi'kmaq . He was an early naturalist and by the age of seventeen, he had first-hand knowledge of numerous rivers and coastal areas of New Brunswick as well as the flora and fauna of the province. His explorations would continue throughout his life, both on his own and with one or more companions including Arthur H. Pierce, Mauran I. Furbish and George Upham Hay. He received education from public school in St. Stephen, while attending his last year of high school in Saint John. Ganong attended
231-756: The University of New Brunswick where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1884 and his master's degree in 1886. The next year, he went to Boston where in 1887, he received an A.B. from Harvard University . He obtained a doctorate in biology from the University of Munich in 1894 and published two papers in the German language. It was probably at Harvard that he met Jean Murray Carman, sister of his friend and fellow Harvard student, New Brunswick poet Bliss Carman . They married in 1888. The marriage lasted thirty-two years until her death in 1920. They had no children. Ganong remarried on June 20, 1923, with Anna Hobbet,
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273-422: The University of Toronto Press in 1964. His work on place-nomenclature is still widely referenced. In his explorations, he also had a chance to name several geographical features in the largely unexplored central and northern parts of New Brunswick, including Mount Carleton , the highest summit in the province, which he named after the first Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Thomas Carleton . Another mountain to
294-490: The historical and geographical understanding of his native New Brunswick . William Francis Ganong was born on February 19, 1864, in Saint John , in what was previously Carleton , in pre-confederation New Brunswick , the eldest child of James Harvey Ganong and Susan E. Brittain, both of whom descended from United Empire Loyalists . He had six younger siblings, including Susan , Arthur , Edwin , and Kit . When he
315-591: The historical geography of the province. Among his surveys were St. Croix Island , site of Champlain's first settlement in North America in 1604. He acquired a working knowledge of the Maliseet and Mi'kmaq languages, and with that understanding and consultation with linguists and native historians, he undertook an investigation of the aboriginal place names in the Maritime Provinces, publishing
336-417: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loring&oldid=1182754685 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Loring Woart Bailey Bailey had
357-477: The north of Mount Carleton was named for Ganong in 1901 by his friend and naturalist Mauran Furbish. As a scientist, Ganong brought a special quality to the study of New Brunswick history, which featured an emphasis on map-based studies and in determining the exact location of key historic sites. He actually went to the places he wrote about. As a translator and editor of the 17th-century Acadian narratives of Nicolas Denys and Father Chrétien Le Clercq he became
378-520: The range and quality of equipment available to students was high, and the department was able to attain a positive academic reputation. Enrollment in the introductory elective class peaked at 182 in 1926. Ganong retired from Smith College in 1932. He was elected President of the Botanical Society of America in 1907. Ganong undertook historical work during his teaching career. In summers, he would return to New Brunswick to study and document
399-663: Was a position he would fill for 36 years. He was also director of the Botanic Garden at Smith. Ganong , was responsible for developing the Garden, which had been laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1893. Ganong expanded and revised Olmsted's planting specifications to make the entire campus an arboretum , and they reworked the herbaceous beds as a "systematics garden" after the Engler-Prantl classification system. The outdoor environment at Smith thus became (and remains)
420-507: Was an important poet and academic. This biography of a Canadian academic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . William Francis Ganong William Francis Ganong FRSC (19 February 1864 – 7 September 1941) was a Canadian botanist , historian and cartographer . His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts . In his private life he contributed to
441-504: Was nine years old, his family moved to St. Stephen where his father, along with his uncle, Gilbert Ganong , established the Ganong Brothers candy factory. It was expected that young William would enter the family business when he came of age, but early on, he showed an interest in the natural world. These interests extended to botany, reading, maps, and exploring the countryside. He was encouraged by his grandfather, who also had
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